{"682720":{"#nid":"682720","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Soft Matter Infrastructure Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003ESoft Matter Infrastructure Symposium\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBuilding upon the success of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rtnn.ncsu.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/rtnn.ncsu.edu\/\u0022\u003EResearch Triangle Nanotechnology Network\u003C\/a\u003E, planning has begun between UNC-CH, NCSU, Duke, and the University of Kansas to create a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\u0022\u003Ecommunity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;formed around soft-matter infrastructure across our region and beyond. On \u003Cstrong\u003EJune 10th\u003C\/strong\u003E, we will be hosting a virtual kick-off from \u003Cstrong\u003E12pm \u2013 2:10pm\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and we\u2019d be delighted if you and interested members in your group can \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\u0022\u003Ejoin us\u003C\/a\u003E. The agenda is attached and can also be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/#agenda\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/#agenda\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. There is no cost to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eoverviews of facilities across the U.S.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBreak-out rooms with open discussion on facilities best practices and management, unmet needs to service user research, and academy- industry engagement (collaborations, technology transfer, and scale-up.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegister \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\u0022\u003ECynthia Corley\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\u0022\u003EBob Geil\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with any questions. Please also consider joining our LinkedIn group \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to continue the conversation after the symposium.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBuilding a national network of open-access shared instrumentation facilities for characterization and fabrication of soft materials. An initiative to provide a map of sophisticated instrumentation, technical staff, and vendor database to support nanoscale and mesoscale soft matter research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Building a national network of open-access shared instrumentation facilities for characterization and fabrication of soft materials."}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2025-06-06 16:55:24","changed_gmt":"2025-06-06 17:28:56","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-06-10T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-06-10T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-06-10T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-06-10 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-06-10 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-06-10 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/","title":"Register"}],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\u0022\u003ECynthia Corley\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\u0022\u003EBob Geil\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}